The kiddies finished their masks this morning. 'Love them!
We talked about poverty today and its impact on communities in various African countries. On a basic level we discussed the cycle of lack of education and low-paid jobs = further poverty. We also chatted about clean drinking water issues, reduced access to medical care and drought and famine problems brought on by civil wars and government corruption.
With this in mind, the children designed and created inventions that might help a community struggling with one of the aforementioned problems. They came out with some great ideas, and some cool and wacky inventions including...
...A Water Filter System
A Sound Identifier for the African Bush.
A Rain Catcher and Water Purifier
A Bucket for a Well (complete with lid for ease of transport)
A Sand Blaster (to blast insects off of the sand - My Boy invented that one - he's insanely cute.)
We have some attractive African jewellery which the kiddies have in their play box for role-playing...
...My Boy used the jewellery for inspiration to make an African keyring (please note the giraffe pasta shape).
Monkey Girl makes great bracelets from scratch with wool and beads. She has taught herself all sorts of funky ways to plait the wool and I am in awe of how she does it.
